Ymir
(a.k.a. Aurgelmir)
Ymir, also called Aurgelmir, was the first being, a giant who was created from the drops of water that formed when the ice of Niflheim met the heat of Muspelheim. Ymir was the father of all the giants; a male and a female grew under his arm, and his legs produced a six-headed son. A cow, Audumla, nourished him with her milk. Audumla was herself nourished by licking salty, rime-covered stones. She licked the stones into the shape of a man; this was Buri, who became the grandfather of the great god Odin and his brothers.
These gods later killed Ymir, and the flow of his blood drowned all but one frost giant. The three gods put Ymir's body in the void, Ginnungagap, and fashioned the earth from his flesh, the seas from his blood, mountains from his bones, stones from his teeth, the sky from his skull, and clouds from his brain. Four dwarfs held up his skull. His eyelashes became the fence surrounding Erde, the home of mankind.
Divine Classification
Giant
Alignment
Lawful Neutral
Realm
Date of Birth
Before Time
Circumstances of Death
Children
Gender
Male
Aligned Organization
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